The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Is Coming Back For Season 4 — Here's What We Know

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel season four returns on Feb. 18, 2022, Amazon announced on Nov. 30.

Season four of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel will have a total of eight episodes with two new ones dropping every Friday for four weeks.

Season three ends with Midge's comedy career in limbo after being kicked off Shy Baldwin's tour for accidentally almost outing him during a set. A new trailer shows Midge demanding to become a headliner, telling Susie, "No more opening act gigs. I will only do gigs where I can say what I want."

Both Midge and Susie are in dire financial straits now, with the tour abruptly ended. Susie is in trouble with gambling debts and no incoming money to pay them, while Midge had just bought her old apartment back from Moishe with the promise of her tour income to make payments.

Midge's love life has taken a few turns, too. Her ex-husband, Joel, has found new love with medical student Mei, while Benjamin reappears to vent his frustrations about her sudden breaking of their engagement, and a chemistry-laden night out with Lenny ends with Midge deciding not to cross that line with one of her best friends.

Don't worry, Amazon confirmed the main cast members are due to return with Rachel Brosnahan as Midge Maisel, Tony Shalhoub as Abe Weissman, Marin Hinkle as Rose Weissman, Alex Borstein as Susie Myerson, Michael Zegen as Joel Maisel, Stephanie Hsu as Mei Lin, and Luke Kirby as Lenny Bruce.

The cast is expanding significantly with a number of new members for season four. In April, Deadline reported that Reid Scott and Gideon Glick will appear in multiepisode arcs and later shared the news that Brosnahan's real-life husband, Jason Ralph, will also have a role. As recently as June, more casting news came down the pipeline, with word that Jackie Hoffman and Allison Guinn will both have recurring roles in the new season.

The biggest news for fans of Amy Sherman-Palladino's shows, though, is that Milo Ventimiglia is reuniting with his former Gilmore Girls showrunner in a guest role that — you guessed it — is still a mystery. The reunion has been in the making for years. Way back in 2018, during a reunion interview with Variety, Sherman-Palladino revealed her intention to bring Ventimiglia to Maisel: "It's got to be the right part. It can't be just a cameo. It's got to have some meat to it. And it's also got to be a time when he can shave and cut his hair into a 1950s-period look. But the reuniting will definitely happen." Ventimiglia isn't the only Gilmore Girls alum that will be joining the show this season. Kelly Bishop, who's best known for her role as matriarch Emily Gilmore, was confirmed to be joining the Maisel cast in an official Instagram post on June 29. Though we don't yet know who exactly Bishop will be playing, it's clear that her Maisel character shares the same impeccable fashion sense and no-nonsense side-eye as Emily Gilmore.

In October 2020, Sherman-Palladino also confirmed that one existing guest star will be getting more screen time in season four: Luke Kirby as Lenny Bruce. "We never intended for Lenny to be as important as he is," Sherman-Palladino explained from the Woodstock Film Festival, as reported by TVLine. "He's only been in [a couple] episodes a season. It's weird because he's such a presence. He's going to be in a little bit more [in season four], which is great."

On Nov. 30, Amazon announced that John Waters (Pink Flamingos) and Jason Alexander (Seinfeld) are the latest guest stars to be added to the season four cast. Their roles are unclear.